"TIMBO HOUSE——阳光与自然的共生"

The project took the particular shape of the lot, an irregular parallelogram turned to the left. The turn of the sun on the right side from the front facing east and setting at the bottom facing west, was considered to make the most of light entering the main rooms on the ground floor. The living was intended as a spacious environment in continuation with the outside gallery. To achieve this integration, a floor-to-ceiling opening with 2.8 meters in height was designed, sliding and stackable in 3 panels on each side. This decision required an unusual structural effort, hanging the concrete slab of the dining room from two porticos hidden in the boys' bedrooms and looming with inverted beams above the roof. Various turnbuckles were hidden inside the partition walls to support the slab and avoid beams below. In its exterior volume the project has been resolved as a large irregular white volume, which floats above the ground floor environments. Towards the front the house has large windows, to allow the entry of morning light. Towards the front, the main rooms have huge windows that overlook the garden and exteriors. Outside, the finished plastered walls were combined with a white plastic cladding, exposed concrete and Timbo paneling. Contrasting with these materials are the black aluminum openings, as well as the railings and other ironwork elements. Inside, we opted for a unified light wood-like porcelain floor for the entire house, including the exterior flooring.